Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3844, Jacob Fulmer, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Fulmer, Jacob Margaret
R. 3844
CONTENTS

New York No. 222
Jacob Fulmer
of Saratoga in the State of New York Who was a Private in the Corps commanded by Captain Fisher of the Regt commanded by Col Yates in the Right line for 10 Mos
Entered on the Roll of New York at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum. to commence on the 24th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Aug. 1832 and due to A. C. Cook Saratoga
Arrears to the 1st of Nov. 1832 46.66 Semi-annual allowance ending 4th of Nov. 1832 16.66
$ 83.33
Revolutionary Claim, for June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. C. Hale Clerk Book C. Vol. 3. Page 56
Let to Gen. H. Mullery May 18. 47

No. 12. 777 Jacob Salmer Senatobia County New York
14
P. 371
Admitted Pringle 10 months
4 May
Simon Nash Ag't. Ballston P.O. New York

BRIEF in the case of Jacob Salmer  County of Saratoga in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 74 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days     Enlisted In 1777 10 Private Gen. Cap! Lewis Fisher Colo Christopher B. Gates  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Saratoga  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Albany County - New York  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Daniel D. Davidson Examining Clerk.

Jacob Sulman
R. 777
Returned Case
Sam Nash
agent
Bullton

Declaration, in order to obtain the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. SARATOGA COUNTY, }
On this sixth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court, before the court of Common Pleas of the county of Saratoga and State of New-York, now sitting, Isaac Fulmer , a resident of the Town of Milton in the county of Saratoga, and State of New-York, aged seventy four years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
He was born in the Town of Plattsburgh in the County of Clinton and state of New-York 1758. He has no record of his age
He is surrounded by John W. Taylor & Theodore Sedgwick & O'Keefe & Hubbard of the Town of Ballston in the County of Saratoga and Isaac Fulmer of the Town of Milton in the County of Saratoga and State of New-York who can testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his service as a soldier of the Revolution -
That he joined at the Town of Plattsburgh in the County of Clinton and state of New-York when he voluntarily entered into the service of the United States in the month of December for the period of ten months in the Company commanded by Captain Isaac Fulmer in a Regiment of New York Militia (or State Troops) being acting Colonel of said Regiment in the said County of Clinton in the said County of Saratoga and he was at the City of Albany in said state of New-York on the 1st day of March 1777 and was mustered into service in said Company until the 10th day of January 1778, in the following manner to wit: He, with the said Company Marched from Albany to Shoensborough now Whitehall in the state of New-York and there joined the Regiment to which he belonged and continued at Whitehall aforesaid about 3 or 4 months , to keep guard and other duties as a private of course under the several Officers until the Army at that place (consisting of some continental Regiments besides the aforesaid Regiment & the Number of the continental Regiments or names of their Officers he does not recollect except Colonel Hayes ) retreated before Burgoyne's Army , then advancing from the North, the whole American Army at that place retreated to Fort Ann - Lake George & Fort Edward

and from Fort-Edward to Van Schaicks Island in the then County of Albany, near Half-Moon, that he with his the said Company & with other Compa- nies under the Command of the said Christopher C. Gale a Deputy Commissary General & in that ca- pacity had the Command of Captain Fish ers and other Compa nies  employed employed in transporting provisions &c for the Army — that he was employed with the said Company under Captain Fishers said in transporting provisions for the use of the Army to Van Schaicks Island that when General Gates the whole of  the whole of the Ameri- can Army at Saratoga in the State of New York to oppose the enemy under the Command of Gen t Burgoyne, that part of the Army of America Lying at Van Schaicks Island, were ordered & Marched to meet the Enemy then Advancing except at or near Saratoga, excepting the Company employed in transporting provisions &c as aforesaid that he was employed in that Service & assisted to forward the Provisions up the Hudson River to Stillwater and Sa- ratoga, that during the Battle last fought he with others was employed to convey the wounded to the Hospital & to Bury the dead, who were killed in the Battle under the immediate Command of the said General Captain Fisher, and further he says that he was present & saw Gen t Burgoyne deliver his Sword to Gen t Gates & the Soldiers ground their Arms &c

He further says that he continued doing duty as a a private under the said Captain Fisher at Saratoga until December following when he with the said company Marched to Albany aforesaid & continued there doing duty as a private aforesaid until the 1 st day of January 1778 and was on that day Honorably discharged at the City of Albany in the County of Albany & State of New York his said discharge was signed by the said Captain Dennis Fisher — the said discharge has been long since lost
That during the aforesaid period of ten months he served under the following named officers
Colonel Christopher G. Yates, Captain Dennis Fisher — He has no documentary evidence of his aforesaid services — the annexed affidavits are the best he can procure
He further saith on his oath, that from the commencement & during the Period of the Revolutionary War he resided in the Town of Halfmoon in the County of Albany & State of New York that ever since the close of the said War he has resided in the said Town of Halfmoon in the now County of Saratoga & State of New York, and in the Town of Milton in the County & State aforesaid & he now resides in the said Town of Milton
That he was with John Corey James Corey and Francis Perkins and assisted them to take the famous Captain Joe Bettis in the house of one Howkins a Forster — He served about 5 days in taking him to Albany & attended on his trial in 1782 or 1783

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State
Given to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court Thomas Palmer Clerk
Jacob F. Warner
He was acquainted with Colonel Hays of the Continental line and he does not recollect the name of any other, except Col Seth Warner

State of New York
County of Schenectady } ss Isaac Frax of the City and County of Schenectady in the state of New York, aged seventy two years, being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with Jacob Palmer of the Town of Milton in the County of Saratoga and State of New York of a said, and that he this deponent was acquainted with him the said Jacob Palmer in the time of the Revolutionary War, and that he knows that the said Jacob Palmer did serve as a private soldier in said War from the first day of March 1777 until the first day of January 1778 under Captain Dennis Fisher in Colonel Yates Regiment of New York State Troops, that this deponent served as a private in the same Company & Regiment with him the said Jacob Palmer during the aforesaid time and that he knows that in the said Jacob did serve in the War of the Revolution as stated in his declaration hereto an- nected.
Subscribed and sworn to the 31 st day of July 1832 } before me L D Boyd, first judge County of Schenectady - }
Isaac Frax
I David Boyd First Judge of the County of Schenectady, before whom the preceding deposition of Isaac Frax has been taken, do hereby certify that I am acquainted with said Isaac Frax, and believe him to be a man of credibility. Witness my hand this fifteenth day of May 1833.
L D Boyd
Schenectady County ss I John S Vrooman Clerk of the County of Schenectady do certify that David

Boyd, who has subscribed the foregoing Certificate by the name of "D Boyd", was at the date hereof was now in the City of New York, State of New York, acting under the authority of the State of New York, duly Commissioned Attorney.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of my said office the Fifteenth day of May 1535
John L. Green Cash 8

State of New York County of Schenectady ss.
On this thirty-first day of July One thousand eight hundred & thirty two personally appeared before me the Subscriber First Judge of the County Courts in & for said County David Van Derheyden of the City of Schenectady in said County, to me well known, and whom I hereby certify to be a man of character & veracity, and the said David being first duly sworn and examined doth depose and say that he was during the revolutionary war & is now well acquainted with Jacob Hulmer of the town of Milton in the County of Saratoga, the same person referred to & described in the preceding affidavit of Isaac S. Hays that he this Deponent knows that the said Jacob did serve as a private soldier in said war from the first day of March One thousand seven hundred & seventy seven until the first day of January One thousand seven hundred & seventy eight under Captain Francis Fisher in Colonel Christopher C. Yates's Regiment of Militia or State Troops - that this Deponent served with him the said Jacob during the aforesaid period of ten months being a private of the said Company under Captain Fisher aforesaid, and further the said De-

ponent saith not — his Note the words "militia or State" written on David V m D r Derhyder mark
Subscribed & sworn this 31 st day of July 1832, before me L. Boyd first judge County of Schenectady
State of New York } County of Schenectady } ss.
I John S. Wrooman Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that David Boyd before whom the preceding & annexed affidavits of Isaac S. Luce & David Van Derhyder were signed & sworn, is First Judge of the County Courts of said County, & that his signature "D. Boyd" to the jurata of said affida- vits, is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this thirty first day of July One Thousand Eight Hun- dred & thirty-two.
John S. Wrooman Clerk.

We, Shaddeus Scribner of Ballston & Aaron Nash of Ballston county of Saratoga, State of New-York, and clergyman, residing in the  residing in the town of hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jacob Fulmer who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Shaddeus Scribner  in open Court  Aaron Nash  Thomas Palmer
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Shaddeus Scribner who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman , resident in the town of Ballston county of Saratoga, State of New-York, and that Aaron Nash who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Ballston aforesaid & is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Thomas Palmer , clerk of the court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Jacob Fulmer for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office , this 6 day of September in the year 1832 .  Thomas Palmer Clerk
 1. Where, and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age; and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served; such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.  6. { To a soldier.—Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and, if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an officer.—Did you ever receive a commission; and, if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution. 
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I certify that Thaddeus Scribner is a credible witness. He is a man of respectability & for many years an exemplary member of the Presbyterian Church in Ballston.
Jacob Fulmer the Applicant was a petitioner to Congress for a pension as one of the Captors of Joseph Betts a noted traitor & spy who was executed at Albany during the war of the Revolution. I this day write to the Clerk of the Ho. of Reps. to send his papers to the Pension Office.
Ballston N.Y. May 16. 1833
P.S. Fulmer is very poor John W. Gaylord

No. 14,239

I Henry Vandewater Clerk of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace in and for the City and County of New York Do hereby Certify that Frederick A. Tallmadge Esquire whose name is subscribed to the affidavit hereto annexed is the Recorder of the City of New York and the presiding Judge of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace of the City in and for the City and County of New York and that said Court is a Court of Record and that the signature of Frederick A. Tallmadge is his genuine signature
Given under my hand and attested by the Seal of the said Court This nineteenth day of June in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and fifty
Henry Vandewater

State of New York City and County of New York } ss
On this nineteenth day of June 1849, personally appeared before the subscriber Frederick A. Talmadge, Recorder of the City of New York Margaret Fulmer, a resident of the town of Frankfort, County of Herkimer, State of New York, aged 69 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th , 1838, entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows, and all other acts passed since or before, extending the same. That she is the widow of Jacob Fulmer, private, Captain Mims Fisher Company, New York Troops, who was a private and drew a pension, as will be seen by the records of the War Department, of $33 per year to the day of his death, the 11 th of September, 1833.
She further declares that she was married to the said Jacob Fulmer on the 12 th day of January, in the year 1800 and that her husband, the aforesaid Jacob Fulmer, died on the 11 th day of September 1833.

That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place at the time before stated. She further swears that she is now a widow and that she has never before made any appli- cation for a pension in New York, and of course, has re- ceived none.
Sworn to me this 10th day of March 1881 Maryland X Fulmer Notary Public Mark
J. A. Tallmadge Recorder of the City of New York

State of New York } ss } Montgomery County } William B. Temple (Chauncy) Witnesseth, Peter J. Newkirk of the village of Fultonville, in said County, being Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that they knew one Jacob Fulliner, the husband of Margaret Fulliner, and that the said Jacob Fulliner died, in said village on or about the eleventh day of September A. D. 1834 and that their deposition to wit, the deposition of Peter J. Newkirk before me this 1 st day of Chauncy Fish of June 1841. D. H. Horton a justice of the peace of said County
State of New-York, Montgomery County Clerk's Office, } ss.
I, CHESTER S. BRUMLEY, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Thomas R. Horton — whose name is subscribed to the final to the annexed affidavit — was at the date thereof a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, of said County: And Further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such JUSTICE, and verily believe the signature to the said final — is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county, the 6 th day of June 1849
C. S. Brumley Clerk.

United States of America, State of New York Oneida County ss Be it known That before me John B Rose a justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid personally appeared, Nancy Ann Harrington of the City of Utica in said County and made oath in due form of law That she is now of the age of fifty two years that Jacob Fuhlmer who was a Pensioner of the Revolutionary Army - now deceased was Married about forty two years ago or about the year 1802 to Margaret Harris or Peggy Harris as she was usually then called - That the said Margaret is my sister That she was Married by the Reverend Abraham Van Horn who was then the Pastor of the Reformed Dutch Church at Coeymans - County of Montgomery That she was present at the said Marriage and that she this deponent is the Sister of the said Margaret - who is now the widow of the said late Jacob Fuhlmer  Sworn and subscribed this 18 th day of July 1844 before me  Nancy Ann Harrington  Albany  John B Rose J peace
I certify That I am well acquainted with the above named Nancy Ann Harrington That for the want of an Education she does not write her name That she is a creditable person and may be believed on oath or otherwise  Utica July 18. 1844 John B Rose Justice peace
Clerks Office Oneida County  I Deac Duryee Clerk of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that John B Rose Esq whose name is subscribed to the above affidavit & certificate was a Justice of the peace at that time the 18 th day of July 1844 dwelling in said County and sworn and duly qualified to act as such And further I am well acquainted with his handwriting and hereby believe the above

Signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said County the 18 th day of July 1844
Isaac D. Doolittle
Mrs. Fulmer's Papers
113 Leonard

State of New York County of Washington
I do hereby certify that the records of the Reformed Dutch Church of the Borough of Washington do hereby certify that each of the records have the custody of the records of said Church. That I have examined said records and find that the following entry was for said Church figure for said date
"1800 Jan'y 12 Jacob Fulmer with Margrita Martine"
On the 21 st Dec 1799 I found also the record of the marriage of Jacob Fulmer to Margrita Martine. I have no doubt nor have several others that the record of the marriage of Jacob Fulmer to Margrita Martine should have been entered Margrita Farris. The entry of said the Rev. Abraham Van Horn seems to have been at the same time but one name standing between since the entry of Farris Martine there instead of Farris Martine as on other such records.
From the above record it appears the undersigned that Jacob Fulmer and Margrita Farris were joined together in Holy Matrimony by the Rev. Abraham Van Horn then Pastor of said Church on the twelfth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred -
On this 25 th day of May 1849 personally appeared before me the undersigned the Rev. Isaac Van Kliefden above named & who has signed the above certificate to me well known to be the officiating pastor of said Church and the said Isaac Van Kliefden made oath that the facts set forth in said certificate are true & correct
Isaac Van Kliefden Justus of the Deacons

State of New-York, Montgomery County Clerk's Office, } ss.
I do hereby certify that Abraham A Van Horn whose name is subscribed to the Jurat to the annexed affidavit _____ was at the date thereof a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, of said County: And Further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such JUSTICE, and verify before the signature to the said Jurat _____ is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county the 26 th day of May 1827
C. Brumley Clerk

New York, July 29, 1831 J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Dr. Sir - Will you please look at the enclosed papers and inform me whether the widow of Jacob Fulmer is entitled to any stipend
Yrs
Moch E. Camp, Corner of Centre & Leonard New York

No 14234.
Margaret Fulmer widow of Jacob N. Y.
act 7 July 1838
Let. Enoch E. Camp 21 Nov 1850
E. T. Marsh Sep 1853
5844

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
3844
P. O.
Margaret Fulmer
Service:
widow of Jacob
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Miss K J. L. Edwards Esq. Superintendent. Canons Washington D.C.

New York Dec 29. 1848
Sir,
My lawyer who was going to attend to some business connected with your Department, but he is going to California and as I am very anxious to know about the matter I take the liberty of addressing you, the information which I wish to obtain is, in relation to a pension which was drawn by Mr. Isaac Fulmer who lived near New York in this state, the facts of the case are these. Mr. F. Johnson, was obtained by the Hon. W. Taylor when he was member of Congress but what year I do not know. Mr. Fulmer died in 1832, and since then, his Widow has not had his pension money which I believe by the laws of Congress, she is intitled to, now. If you could I should like to have you inform me whether his money has been drawn since his death and where it was paid. The widow has not been in need of it until now, but a reverse of fortune having befallen her she thought if she could obtain that it would help her to live comfortably the remainder of her days which will be a few years at most.

the certificate has been either mislaid or intentionally stolen and the money drawn on it. The Hon. Mr. Taylor writes to me that by writing to you, you would give all the information that you could on the subject awaiting a your reply at your earliest convenience.
P.S.
I remain yours Resp.
G. H. Mallory
Please direct your answer to
G. H. Mallory
215 Pearl St
N.Y.

We should file Power of Attorney.

Frankfort June 23 d 1833
Pension Agent
Dear Sir
The funds of Margaret Fullmer wish to know if any pension money has been drawn in her name by any one. Her papers were put in the hands of a lawyer at New York City by the name of E. B. Camp and they could never get anything satisfactory from him. They thought the pension department could answer the question and satisfy them at once on that point. Will forward an answer to me at Frankfort Hokin Co. N. York by return mail.
Respectfully Yours
Elye S. Marsh

Jacob Hulmn, Saratoga Co N.Y. act, June 32 $33 33 per ann }
To what time was he last paid?
Pension Offer May 18 1845 }
pa to 1 st Sept. 1833. H. A. 125/13

Pension Office, May 16th, 1849.
Sir,
In answer to your letter of the 29th Decem- ber last, I have to inform you that it appears from the returns in the Third Auditor's Office that Jacob Hulmers, pension was paid to the 1st. Septem- ber 1833. His widow has not filed an application for a stipend. We are unable to state whether or not her case is embraced by any of the pension laws as they now stand. To entitle her to a pension under the act of 7th July, 1838, she must show to the satisfaction of this Department that her marriage took place prior to 1794. The act of 29th July 1848, provides for those who were married prior to 1800. The enclosed printed instructions will furnish her with the necessary forms for asserting her claim should be entitled.
I am, Sir, respectfully Your Obed. Servt.
Geo. H. McAlley, Esq., 218 Pearl St., N. York.
J. L. Edwards

For the Pension Office
The Honble
Lewis Cass
Secretary of War Washington City D. C.

Battleboro May 16 th 1833
Enclosed are the papers in the case of Sarah Palmer applying for a Pension under the Act of Congress of June 7, 1832. it is hoped the amendment will be satisfactory. please direct the certificate or other reply to me at the P. O. soon as convenient
Very Respectfully Your Obed t Servant Lauren Wash
The Honorable
Levi Cags Secretary of War
Washington City